'''ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVILEGES ARE REQUIRED''' IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE INSTALLATIONS AND EVENTUALLY '''ALSO TO USE THE APPLICATION'''.

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USERS WITH STANDARD PRIVILEGES MAY WANT TO CREATE A VIRTUAL MACHINE WITH [http://www.virtualbox.org VIRTUAL BOX] AND [http://www.ubuntu.com UBUNTU 12.04] WHERE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS WILL BE REQUESTED ONLY FOR THE INSTALLATION.

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The [http://www.cygwin.com/ Cygwin] project provides a Linux terminal in Windows.

# Choose a download site, basing on site country domain or known availability, or add your own preferite

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# If it is a first time installation of CygWin, acknowledge the warning with OK or click on 'Skip' to activate them (if you already have CygWin installed, you could skip the installation or check how the installation may affect the existing version)

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# During the installation, ensure to flag the following options under the Bin column (use the Search field for a faster retrieval of the needed components: type the package name in the field, expand the correct group, search for the package and click on "Skip" to see it changed to the version number)

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## under Devel

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### ''gcc-g++''

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### ''make''

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## under Net

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### ''wget''

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## under Libs

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### ''gsl''

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### ''gsl-apps''

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### ''gsl-devel''

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### ''gsl-doc''

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# Click Next

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# Flag "Select required packages" and click Next to resolve the related dependencies

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# Click Next

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# The installation may take some time

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# Choose whether or not to create a Desktop and a Start Menu icon

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# Click Finish

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To compile the Open Foris Geospatial Toolkit you need to compile GDAL manually.

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# Download the installer from the [http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadSource gdal official repository] (e.g. [http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/1.10.1/gdal-1.10.1.tar.gz gdal-1.10.1.tar.gz])

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# Save it in your CygWin home folder (e.g. ''C:\cygwin\home'' or ''C:\cygwin64\home'') or in another destination of your choice

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# Run CygWin ('''NOTE: FOR INSTALLATION, RUN CYGWIN AS ADMIN; Right click on Start > (All) Programs > CygWin > CygWin Terminal and Run as [admin credentials]''')

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# Install GDAL using the following commands (the last two can take some time to complete)